Chevrefeuille’s Heeding Haiku “fusion” challenge at Mindlovemisery’sMenagerie.
from a treetop
emptiness dropped down
in a cicada shell
~
black forest
whatever you may say
a morning of snow
©️Basho (1644-1694), translated by Reichhold

photo by lynn
cicada solo
serenades empty forest
sing before it snows
©️ lynn__
May 26, 2018 @ 09:43:23
Also a fan of Alice and being delightfully mad… after all the best people are!
I had not realized that there are two kinds of these insects – though both are loud.
The 17 year Cicada is, I believe a louder drummer!
Thanks for stopping by my post on the prompt and leaving a link 🙂
May 26, 2018 @ 11:14:47
Interesting…thanks for the comments, Jules!